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politics in the united states notwithstanding. i would have issued or had authorized my public affairs staff to issue a similar statement for what essentially was a demonstration and try to calm things without knowledge, of course, how this violence was going to break out next door in libya. listen, i can't put myself in the shoes of the ambassador of egypt. i don't know what exactly she knew or didn't know at the time when the statement was issued. the fact of the matter is there is obviously question over whether it was cleared with washington at the state department but the fact of the matter is at the time it was a reasonable statement. >> ambassador, what do you make of the news that egyptian police abandoned the posts and allowed the mob to do what they wanted to do there? does it appear it's sanctioned on a higher level? >> i'm deeply concerned of the replication of president morsi's willingness to play politics with the united states and other foreign governments while he tries to play his own game of politics with the mus
politics in the united states notwithstanding. i would have issued or had authorized my public affairs staff to issue a similar statement for what essentially was a demonstration and try to calm things without knowledge, of course, how this violence was going to break out next door in libya. listen, i can't put myself in the shoes of the ambassador of egypt. i don't know what exactly she knew or didn't know at the time when the statement was issued. the fact of the matter is there is obviously...
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there is no excuse for the united states. this sour representative in egypt of the administration, of this country essentially apologizing for some crackpot you and i and nobody ever heard of. we do not in this country go around and police free speech, have a department of propaganda where we go out and police bad speech and detect anything that might offend anybody. >> bill: that's theoretical. charles, charles, if you they're and trying to tamp down potential violence. i don't know if being conciliatory, i get your theoretical point. i agree with it. >> how did that tamping down work out. >> it didn't work out at all. absolutely it failed. >> not only hue mailiating it's ineffective. >> either you say nothing. if we had any warning here and apparently we did. you have the president pick up the phone. he calls morsi and says there is a mob on the way to the embassy. you make sure it's not touched. otherwise, and then you give a string of things that we're going to do including cut it off. >> bill: you threaten the egyptian g
there is no excuse for the united states. this sour representative in egypt of the administration, of this country essentially apologizing for some crackpot you and i and nobody ever heard of. we do not in this country go around and police free speech, have a department of propaganda where we go out and police bad speech and detect anything that might offend anybody. >> bill: that's theoretical. charles, charles, if you they're and trying to tamp down potential violence. i don't know if...
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that's how we've made our laws in the united states. we protect them -- we protect the intermediaries in order to encourage free speech and then we give them broad discretion to take it down. so certainly they could have made a decision that this video violated their own terms of service. they looked at the video and they made a decision that it did not violate their terms of service. >> but isn't it more than just a legal question. mine isn't there an ethicalopoly dpags in some ways to remove the video? >> well, there's an ethical question about what your terms of service are and whether you're enforcing it. our law sort of has two sides. we give them broad discretion and they exercise that discretion. at the time they were looking at the video, it certainly did not violate u.s. law or their own ethical standards. they left it up for the world. they took it down in indonesia and india under their guidelines because they got specific legal requests to do so. they did not get those requests in egypt. they did not get that request in liby
that's how we've made our laws in the united states. we protect them -- we protect the intermediaries in order to encourage free speech and then we give them broad discretion to take it down. so certainly they could have made a decision that this video violated their own terms of service. they looked at the video and they made a decision that it did not violate their terms of service. >> but isn't it more than just a legal question. mine isn't there an ethicalopoly dpags in some ways to...
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we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer, you're in "the situation room." >> violent protests across the muslim world this week, sparked by a low budget movie by a mystery film maker. the u.s. embassies found themselves under attack by outraged mobs and in some cases forces fired on mobs with deadly consequences and all of it caused a dramatic shift in the presidential campaign as foreign policy suddenly took center stage. ben wedeman is back in cairo. it seems that this weekend there seems to be a cooling of heads to a certain degree in egypt. is that what you're seeing, ben? >> certainly among the leaders of the muslim brotherhood and in the administration of the egyptian president, there is an attempt to calm down the situation rhetorically. and certainly we've seen in messages conveyed by leaders of the muslim brotherhood and the egyptian president, they're trying to send a message of reassurance to washington. but at the same time they're kind of walking a tight rope between washington and the street he
we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer, you're in "the situation room." >> violent protests across the muslim world this week, sparked by a low budget movie by a mystery film maker. the u.s. embassies found themselves under attack by outraged mobs and in some cases forces fired on mobs with deadly consequences and all of it caused a dramatic shift in the presidential campaign as foreign policy suddenly took center stage. ben...
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watch this. >> the united states government has nothing to do with this video. we absolutely reject its content and message. this video is disgusting and reprehensible. it appears to have a deeply cynical purpose, to denigrate a great religion and to provoke rage. >> sean: now, keep in mind, her movie critique came before she bothered to denounce the widespread vandalism, the arson, the gunfire and the molotov cocktails being directed at u.s. interest. what she and the president fail to recognize is the fact that the radical islamists who are protesting on the screen, they are not reacting to a movie. they haven't seen the movie. these are anti-american extremists who are hell bent on the destruction of this country. they are burning our flag, chanting death to america and spray-painted the name osama bin laden on the entrance to our embass necairo. not to mention the fact that all of this began on the anniversary of september 11, do you not have a clue that this might be connectd? i usually ask the question, can you afford four more years when speaking about th
watch this. >> the united states government has nothing to do with this video. we absolutely reject its content and message. this video is disgusting and reprehensible. it appears to have a deeply cynical purpose, to denigrate a great religion and to provoke rage. >> sean: now, keep in mind, her movie critique came before she bothered to denounce the widespread vandalism, the arson, the gunfire and the molotov cocktails being directed at u.s. interest. what she and the president...
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they say there are no red states, no blue states, the united states, as he always said. the tweet links to a website that is selling this poster, showing the american flag defaced with the eobama seal. using the ultimate american symbol, why? because he needs money to get re-elected. what did you do, your own obama flag? >> we love the white board, don't we? >> by the way, the big white board. >> sorry. >> we will get to that in a second. >> i want you to do another one. we will have that one, then we will have one you have one, vote romney and on romney's at the bottom you say you decide. >> and romney would be the real american flag. >> exactly. what do you think? >> versus this, which is a desecration of the american flag and so unbelievable arrogance, it makes me sick. no one should buy this. >> i'm tired of being lied to by the president and his campaign. i'm tired of the characterization we want dirty air and water we want to throw granny off the cliff, and even though it's our embassies, they are burning our flags, putting up al-qaeda's flag and chanting death to
they say there are no red states, no blue states, the united states, as he always said. the tweet links to a website that is selling this poster, showing the american flag defaced with the eobama seal. using the ultimate american symbol, why? because he needs money to get re-elected. what did you do, your own obama flag? >> we love the white board, don't we? >> by the way, the big white board. >> sorry. >> we will get to that in a second. >> i want you to do...
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should been united states retaliate in some way for this flag burning? >> well t short answer is, it's more important than just defending the flag, it's defending our interests and our national requirements in that region. we have got to get engaged. we have got to get reengaged because if we don't, we're going to see more and more of this. >> many thanks, general mark kimet stayed up late for us in germany. i'm larry kudlow, we will see you tomorrow night. [ male announcer ] how do you trade? with scottrader streaming quotes, any way you want. fully customize it for your trading process -- from thought to trade, on every screen. and all in real time. which makes it just like having your own trading floor, right at your fingertips. [ rodger ] at scottrade, seven dollar trades are just the start. try our easy-to-use scottrader streaming quotes. it's another reason more investors are saying... [ all ] i'm with scottrade. the silverado's powertrain warranty is 40,000 miles more than ford. and this workhorse gives you the power of a v8 with the highway fuel
should been united states retaliate in some way for this flag burning? >> well t short answer is, it's more important than just defending the flag, it's defending our interests and our national requirements in that region. we have got to get engaged. we have got to get reengaged because if we don't, we're going to see more and more of this. >> many thanks, general mark kimet stayed up late for us in germany. i'm larry kudlow, we will see you tomorrow night. [ male announcer ] how do...
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the united states has any influence now? it took two days for you know, morsi to even give his condollence for the death of americans. do we have control? does anything follow the money? >> no, we don't have much control. the entire region is in flame in sud an, australia, london, and indonesia seen massive protest in the american embassy and the time of flexing our empties under this administration is gone. >> can i ask a question: when you look at australia and paryis all of the other places, was the hatred for america so close what is going on that we couldn't sense it? could we not have known about it? >> you have to be asleep since 9/11 and 1979, where this wave of radical islam modern day kicked off and in places like europe. you have growing muslim populations and they are radicalize that's why london is london istan. no surprise. we have seen these rise 18 months ago, ambassador bolton who you had on, said this is not anything going to be good. we are taking out bad guys, secular guys. but replacing them with radical
the united states has any influence now? it took two days for you know, morsi to even give his condollence for the death of americans. do we have control? does anything follow the money? >> no, we don't have much control. the entire region is in flame in sud an, australia, london, and indonesia seen massive protest in the american embassy and the time of flexing our empties under this administration is gone. >> can i ask a question: when you look at australia and paryis all of the...
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>> when you are president of the united states, you are president of all the people. not just the people who voted for you. >> you've got to look at what the guy has talked about through the whole campaign. he believes that every american has to have skin in the game. has to have a stake. and he doesn't want what the president wants works i is a bigger, more bloated government that's taking more people's money and being more oppressive on people's lives. he wants to empower individuals through sacrifice and opportunity to get their lives as date as they can and be make america greater. >> the real story behind these comments is what is behind it is president obama's very deliberate attempt to do class warfare as part of his campaign strategy. it's president obama who has decided to divide the electorate down those levels. >> i get the general feeling that with more and more people becoming dependent on government, that by next july we could perhaps be so -- it will be dependence day, not independence day. this is not something i am just feeling alone. >> oh, come on.
>> when you are president of the united states, you are president of all the people. not just the people who voted for you. >> you've got to look at what the guy has talked about through the whole campaign. he believes that every american has to have skin in the game. has to have a stake. and he doesn't want what the president wants works i is a bigger, more bloated government that's taking more people's money and being more oppressive on people's lives. he wants to empower...
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just a thought, if you are the president of the united states. >> yeah. well, the arab spring, 18 months ago, which the president encouraged and supported throughout is being hijacked by islamic militants militants and fundamentalists. in the crowd, it was like the royal fam leave al qaeda, the brother of the head of al qaeda, and the two nephews of the blind sheikh, this was organized. this is part of a plan. flow what has happened is a country, after could you want reafter country, it is caught on like wildfire, this is not the end of it. you are going to start seeing americans expected. americans harmed. we have-- >>> what will be -- this is the thing, what will be -- you know, the administration -- [overlapping dialogue] >> sean: proud of our foreign policy. then they said, of course, this is not directed at america. my question is, this happened on 9/11. we have learned, this protest, in spite what have they claim is a youtube video has been planned since august. it's 9/11, a day of great significance, as it relates to the terrorist world, why was th
just a thought, if you are the president of the united states. >> yeah. well, the arab spring, 18 months ago, which the president encouraged and supported throughout is being hijacked by islamic militants militants and fundamentalists. in the crowd, it was like the royal fam leave al qaeda, the brother of the head of al qaeda, and the two nephews of the blind sheikh, this was organized. this is part of a plan. flow what has happened is a country, after could you want reafter country, it...
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states. >> this is a fairly volatile situation and it is in response not to the united states policy, not to obviously the administration, not to the american people. it is in response to a video, a film. >> really? because of a video? the ayatollah khomeini didn't need a video to take 52 americans hostage for 444 days. and those who hated us enough to bomb the u.s.s. cole in sudan didn't see a movie first. al qaeda didn't need a video to plan for years to kill 3,000 innocent americans on our own soil on 9-11. by the way, how does the white house know it was the video that caused protests in 33 countries? haven't they repeatedly said they don't have all of the facts? even the fbi in charge of this very investigation couldn't get to libya to investigate because it is so dangerous. why is the white house spinning? why when the middle east is burning and chanting death to america is the white house saying it is all because of the 14 minute amateur trailer. let's assume for a second it was the video. what is gives any one the right to kill innocent americans over a perceived insult to th
states. >> this is a fairly volatile situation and it is in response not to the united states policy, not to obviously the administration, not to the american people. it is in response to a video, a film. >> really? because of a video? the ayatollah khomeini didn't need a video to take 52 americans hostage for 444 days. and those who hated us enough to bomb the u.s.s. cole in sudan didn't see a movie first. al qaeda didn't need a video to plan for years to kill 3,000 innocent...
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it's good for the united states. it's good for the region. >> eliot: these delicate balances the high wire acts you're describing, how is it effected by comments by mitt romney who wants to will be his campaign, and i'll let the comments speak for themselves. >> we all know that first reports could be wrong. what we thought we knew this morning we're less certain of tonight. now you've been in political campaigns. the impulses are great. the juices are flowing. they want to get involved in everything. i wish he would have said, today is not the day. i'll call a time out today. >> eliot: and clearly the president did not hold his own fire in pushing back at romney saying, you know what, campaigns should stop at the border. >> but it just shows there are very great limits in the campaign in a bumper sticker scenario. it's hard to address the complexities that really exist in the middle east policy. >> eliot: i will try to avoid the temptation to editorialize too much, but mitt romney is desperate for some edge in the c
it's good for the united states. it's good for the region. >> eliot: these delicate balances the high wire acts you're describing, how is it effected by comments by mitt romney who wants to will be his campaign, and i'll let the comments speak for themselves. >> we all know that first reports could be wrong. what we thought we knew this morning we're less certain of tonight. now you've been in political campaigns. the impulses are great. the juices are flowing. they want to get...
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states and to do more than just demonstrate against the united states because they are anti-american, but also it was an opportunity to put pressure on some more moderate governments in terms of their spectrum, at which they are not a part. to put pressure on those governments to force them to move more against the republicans united states, and to undermine those governments because they know they are cooperating with the united states because united states is important for them to achieve a better life for their people. the longer this goes, the more we find out about it, the better the chance that at least some of these instances al-qaeda was active as well. i don't know that. my hunch is, when people show up to demonstrations with anti-tank -- with rpgs, this is not a spontaneous uprising, this is some people who were taking advantage of an opportunity to kill americans. >> over the past three or four days, you know, while -- i don't think they have been buried, there's an autopsy going on, but the obsession is whether it was provoked or not. the administration is out there sayin
states and to do more than just demonstrate against the united states because they are anti-american, but also it was an opportunity to put pressure on some more moderate governments in terms of their spectrum, at which they are not a part. to put pressure on those governments to force them to move more against the republicans united states, and to undermine those governments because they know they are cooperating with the united states because united states is important for them to achieve a...
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no act of violence shakes the resolve of the united states of america. >>> coming up, turns out there is a superpower greater than the ability to fly and today fed chairman ben bernanke reminds us what it is as the federal reserve moves in a dramatic way to shore up and accelerate a slow recovery and help the unemployed. jared bernstein will join me next. >>> and later, ron paul may be leaving congress, but his campaign to end the fed is alive and well in the republican party. dave weigel is here to discuss it. when you take a closer look... ...at the best schools in the world... ...you see they all have something very interesting in common. they have teachers... ...with a deeper knowledge of their subjects. as a result, their students achieve at a higher level. let's develop more stars in education. let's invest in our teachers... ...so they can inspire our students. let's solve this. and also to build my career. so i'm not about to always let my frequent bladder urges, or the worry my pipes might leak get in the way of my busy lifestyle. that's why i take care, with vesicare. once-d
no act of violence shakes the resolve of the united states of america. >>> coming up, turns out there is a superpower greater than the ability to fly and today fed chairman ben bernanke reminds us what it is as the federal reserve moves in a dramatic way to shore up and accelerate a slow recovery and help the unemployed. jared bernstein will join me next. >>> and later, ron paul may be leaving congress, but his campaign to end the fed is alive and well in the republican party....
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states today moody's issued a warning to the united states that the debt downgrade could be on the horizon of congress doesn't address this coming fiscal cliff and doesn't put in place policies to cover federal debt the money stephen reads if those negotiations lead to specific policies that produce a stabilization and then downward trend of the ratio of federal debt to g.d.p. over the medium term the rating will likely be affirmed the elec return to stable if those negotiations fail to produce such policies however moody's would expect to lower the rating probably to a so there's two ways to reduce the debt you can cut spending you can raise taxes republicans of no we're taking raising raising taxes off the table isn't isn't that probable that we're going to go off the cliff on january first and sometime in the next week or two at. that congress is going to get together and say ok all the taxes just went up on everybody right as the bush tax cuts went away for everybody with the cliff so let's so let's cut let's cut taxes on the ninety eight percent and all the republicans who have sworn
states today moody's issued a warning to the united states that the debt downgrade could be on the horizon of congress doesn't address this coming fiscal cliff and doesn't put in place policies to cover federal debt the money stephen reads if those negotiations lead to specific policies that produce a stabilization and then downward trend of the ratio of federal debt to g.d.p. over the medium term the rating will likely be affirmed the elec return to stable if those negotiations fail to produce...
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do you believe the united states could be rome before the fall? how would you fix this economy and how long do you think it will take? tell me at facebook or via twitter. let's keep the conversation going. back now to cnn saturday for the latest headlines. >>> from cnn world headquarters in atlanta, this is cnn's "saturday morning." >> we will bring to justice those who took them from us. >> u.s. embassies under attack. a film sparking rage in the muslim world is blamed for protests against america in more than a dozen countries, and the deaths of four americans. they are breaking points, the thresholds of no return. and maybe who separates east from war. they're called red lines. all morning we're putting them in focus. >>> jeffrey mcdonald in prison for the grizzly murder of his wife and daughters in 1970. but academy award-winner aerol morris says he may be innocent. i'll talk to him live. good morning, everyone. it is 10:00 on the east coast. 7:00 a.m. out west. we begin this morning with the latest on the anti-american protests in the middle
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is egypt an ally of the united states? >> well, they certainly have been and given the amount of money and the military and military training and the special economic relationship we share with egypt, it certainly would suggest that they are an ally. we've got some agreements with respect to the overall relationship with israel. where egypt playing a significant role and if they're not willing to continue that, that would suggest we're entering a new era, and one in which the united states really needs to reconsider the amount of money we're pumping into that country. >> so, you think if it becomes more transactional, this discussion about foreign aid. military aid and forp aid about $3 billion a year to egypt. that should be on the table? >> of course it should on the table. any of the aid money, whether it's military or non military, needs to be based upon certain milestones and accomplishments we're able to make within the bilateral relationship. >> hogan diddley served for rick santorum's presidential campaign. nationa
is egypt an ally of the united states? >> well, they certainly have been and given the amount of money and the military and military training and the special economic relationship we share with egypt, it certainly would suggest that they are an ally. we've got some agreements with respect to the overall relationship with israel. where egypt playing a significant role and if they're not willing to continue that, that would suggest we're entering a new era, and one in which the united...
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none. >> let me state very clearly and i hope it is obvious that the united states government had absolutely nothing to do with this video. >> judge jeanine: gentlemen, have you heard of the united states government purchasing advertising time in other countries to reject or apologize for a video? >> it is shocking and provocatively weak. going out there and doing this, one thing that these terrorists are doing is not just trying to push america out of the world, they are trying to cow reformers and silence reformers and secularists in their own country. we don't even recognize that and don't even recognize islamism exists as a political forum and recognize that apologies don't work. going and apologizing for america didn't solve all of the unrest in the muslim world. it is shocking but also profoundly ineffective. >> judge jeanine: final question to you. have you seen the united states government when our people have again murdered go in and apologize for a video and pay for the ad time? >> the problem with all of this is and i think it is bad politics on the administration part. the americ
none. >> let me state very clearly and i hope it is obvious that the united states government had absolutely nothing to do with this video. >> judge jeanine: gentlemen, have you heard of the united states government purchasing advertising time in other countries to reject or apologize for a video? >> it is shocking and provocatively weak. going out there and doing this, one thing that these terrorists are doing is not just trying to push america out of the world, they are...
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they were killed four days ago in an attack on the united states consulate in benghazi. arwa damon got inside that building. it's now burned out and has the most complete picture that she's about to bring us of the violence from that night and the warning that came days before. >> amid the ash, soot, and debr debris, remnants of a life that was. and what it meant to those stationed here. scrawled on this sheet, libya is so important. traces of blood stain the walls. what is now a blackened ruin was a pleasant compound in an upscale benghazi neighborhood. libyan officials say tuesday night's attack was planned by islamist militants and quickly overwhelmed the libyan and american guards. the compound's first line of defense easily breached. according to one of the libyan guards that was stationed at the gate, armed with only a radio, the assault happened sim simultaneously from three different directions. he said he initially heard chanting growing increasingly louder and suddenly, the gun fire, the rocket propelled grenades and other heavy machine gun fire all began attac
they were killed four days ago in an attack on the united states consulate in benghazi. arwa damon got inside that building. it's now burned out and has the most complete picture that she's about to bring us of the violence from that night and the warning that came days before. >> amid the ash, soot, and debr debris, remnants of a life that was. and what it meant to those stationed here. scrawled on this sheet, libya is so important. traces of blood stain the walls. what is now a...
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because the united states has insulted the prophet, they screamed. repeated u.s. statements that washington has no a fillingation with the offensive movie are being sparked here. and egypt's new president is not doing much to calm it. president mohamed morsi says he objects to the protests, but denounces the attacks on the foreign embassies. egypt needs the west, they're looking for 5 billion in loans from the international monetary fund, the protests are small, but not isolated. there have been angry demonstrations in 11 countries, so far, half of them in places where washington supported protesters who toppled their regime, bringing democracy, but also unleashing deep hatred now focused on u.s. properties overseas. more protests, brian, are expected here tomorrow. but in a positive note they are not supposed to be near any embassies. in libya, authorities say they have started making arrests in connection with the consulate bombing and that they have more militants under surveillance. an fbi team is expected to arrive soon, and reinforcement, about 50 marines ha
because the united states has insulted the prophet, they screamed. repeated u.s. statements that washington has no a fillingation with the offensive movie are being sparked here. and egypt's new president is not doing much to calm it. president mohamed morsi says he objects to the protests, but denounces the attacks on the foreign embassies. egypt needs the west, they're looking for 5 billion in loans from the international monetary fund, the protests are small, but not isolated. there have...
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of course, it was 9/11 and territory belonging to the united states. if you were vice-president working with a president romney, what would you be thinking about it? >> i would want to get to the bottom of it, number 1. i would not speak in equivocal terms. i disagree with the original statements that the administration put out in cairo, sympathizing with the people storming the embassy. we should stand up for our values and our free speech rights. so i think that statement was wrong -- and the administration was right to walk it back, after they stood by that statement a couple of times. now what happened in benghazi, afterwards, we have lost four of our diplomats, our ambassador was killed. this is a straj trag -- this is a tragedy. this is outrageous. going forward, we need peace through strength. our adversaries who are tempted to test us need to than america is strong millitarily, that we won't have the devastating defense cuts that questions the resolve and the strength of our military. our president needs to speak with force and clarity for our
of course, it was 9/11 and territory belonging to the united states. if you were vice-president working with a president romney, what would you be thinking about it? >> i would want to get to the bottom of it, number 1. i would not speak in equivocal terms. i disagree with the original statements that the administration put out in cairo, sympathizing with the people storming the embassy. we should stand up for our values and our free speech rights. so i think that statement was wrong --...
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with those who were at that time attacking the united states. by early this morning, after it became clear that a u.s. ambassador named christopher stevens had been killed in libya, after it became clear that mr. romney's timeline of events in egypt was completely wrong, the republican presidential nominee took to the podium and he did not walk back his initial remarks. he decided to double down on them. >> the statement that came from the administration and t, and t embassy is the administration, the statement that came from the administration was a statement which is akin to apology, and i think was a severe miscalculation. the statements were inappropriate. and in my view, a disgraceful statement on the part of our administration to apologize for american values. >> "a part of the u.s. government was under attack." mitt romney responded while the attack was still going on, to attack that same part of the u.s. government. called the actions of embassy personnel in egypt, "disgra "disgraceful." just like in previous situations, some of the hars
with those who were at that time attacking the united states. by early this morning, after it became clear that a u.s. ambassador named christopher stevens had been killed in libya, after it became clear that mr. romney's timeline of events in egypt was completely wrong, the republican presidential nominee took to the podium and he did not walk back his initial remarks. he decided to double down on them. >> the statement that came from the administration and t, and t embassy is the...
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a private entity in the united states to review a film that was put on youtube. so government is supposed to protect free. see instead, it's asking them to look at a video. what is next? if we give them the excuse that the video, we understand why you rioted and killed our ambassador and three others, because of a video, then what happens when something really serious happens? >> kimberly: it sounds like a justification, which is the problem to be honest with you. >> bob: there is no connection between the video and the terrorists. >> dana: that is what they're saying. >> bob: it's doing a somber ceremony. i don't know where you get the twitter -- did he go beand they casket? >> dana: no, the campaign did. >> greg: bob is saying these are separate incidents and the terrorist attack is not about the movie. they conflateed it. not us. they conflated it. i want to know where are all the freedom of speech celebrity filmmakers who were out there and defended the crucifixion in the glass of urine? do we remember that? somehow they're silent about this. >> kimberly: now
a private entity in the united states to review a film that was put on youtube. so government is supposed to protect free. see instead, it's asking them to look at a video. what is next? if we give them the excuse that the video, we understand why you rioted and killed our ambassador and three others, because of a video, then what happens when something really serious happens? >> kimberly: it sounds like a justification, which is the problem to be honest with you. >> bob: there is...
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you can take it to the north pole but ge the heutf united states of america. >> that was bat crap crazy tea party republican congressman allen west. yesterday west took to facebook to complain about president obama's united nations sech d tohow h lucky we and the world are that allen west will never address the united nations. he wrote my statement to the united nations would have been the future does not belong to thoseho attack our embassies and consulates toillur ambassadors. the angel of death in the form of an american bald eagle will visit you and wreak havoc and destction upon your existence. joining me w, patckmu. can you explain to america how allen west got elected to that seat and how he currently in the polls is ahead of you by a few points? >> well, first of all, no one really knows how he got ected. 20asnntti ar. unfortunately democrats did not show up to vote. thankfully, we are getting a lot of strong polling results back. we are actually tied or up in basically all of the polls that we've seen. wee in a great position to win this november. >>'ve raidil f your campaign,
you can take it to the north pole but ge the heutf united states of america. >> that was bat crap crazy tea party republican congressman allen west. yesterday west took to facebook to complain about president obama's united nations sech d tohow h lucky we and the world are that allen west will never address the united nations. he wrote my statement to the united nations would have been the future does not belong to thoseho attack our embassies and consulates toillur ambassadors. the angel...
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the united states in the middle east is weak. we are seen as withdrawing and we are paying a price for that weakness whether it be unraveling in iraq, the tragedy in syria, the tensions with israel and afghan situation unraveling. there is a lack of leadership there. >> and in fact, p.j. he called it the feckless foreign policy. did it happen because of the the president's weak leadership? >> i don't agree with john mccain at all in his characterization of where we are. in fact having been attacked in the middle east is because we're staying there promoting democratic governance in libya and probably a faction that wants to see a different kind of society and different kind of governance. chris stevens died because he was trying to help create a new libya, not retreating fromm the old. >> and the pictures we're looking at now are live from cairo. nick, what will you be watching for as this unfolds over the next couple of hours and days? >> well, you know, yemen is a little bit of a side show. even libya isn't central to the middl
the united states in the middle east is weak. we are seen as withdrawing and we are paying a price for that weakness whether it be unraveling in iraq, the tragedy in syria, the tensions with israel and afghan situation unraveling. there is a lack of leadership there. >> and in fact, p.j. he called it the feckless foreign policy. did it happen because of the the president's weak leadership? >> i don't agree with john mccain at all in his characterization of where we are. in fact...
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a united states ambassador in libya dead today. the obama administration taking steps now this hour to beef up security at embassies around the world. after this veteran diplomat christopher stevens along with three of his american staffers were murdered by a mob in benghazi, libya. the attack yesterday was apparently triggered by a film, a film produced by an american by the name of sam basil. considered by many to be highly offensive to islam. again, a film. these murders taking place in a country that the united states helped to liberate from the dictator moammar gadhafi and a mob attacked the embassy in cairo, egypt, yesterday. climbing the embassy walls. tearing down and ripping apart the united states flag. it's unclear if the attacks were koord natded or plans to con side with the 11th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks here in america. but moments ago, our president obama spoke out about these killings. >> the united states condemns in the strongest terms this outrageous and shocking attack. we're working with the government o
a united states ambassador in libya dead today. the obama administration taking steps now this hour to beef up security at embassies around the world. after this veteran diplomat christopher stevens along with three of his american staffers were murdered by a mob in benghazi, libya. the attack yesterday was apparently triggered by a film, a film produced by an american by the name of sam basil. considered by many to be highly offensive to islam. again, a film. these murders taking place in a...
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embassy in cairo is being fueled by an anti-muslim video made here in the united states. >> u.s. marines being called in as enforcements in been gone sea. >> the romney campaign already drafted a critical statement saying the obama administration's first response was not to condemn attacks on our diplomatic missions but to sympathize with those that waged the attacks. here's the problem with that. the romney statement was sent to reporters just after 10:00 p.m. on tuesday with the caveat it not be released until after midnight. it was sent before many of the facts were gathered. the statement is wrong because the obama administrations official statement from the secretary of state released just before the romney statement reads like this. i condemn in the strongest terms the attack on our mission in benghazi today. our commitment to religious tolerance goes back to the very beginning of our nation. but let me be clear there is never any justification for violent attacks of this kind pf clinton's statement does not sympathize. anybody that tells you it did is lying. if you believe
embassy in cairo is being fueled by an anti-muslim video made here in the united states. >> u.s. marines being called in as enforcements in been gone sea. >> the romney campaign already drafted a critical statement saying the obama administration's first response was not to condemn attacks on our diplomatic missions but to sympathize with those that waged the attacks. here's the problem with that. the romney statement was sent to reporters just after 10:00 p.m. on tuesday with the...